Seems not only can you not navigate the site but when you go there, your pc freezes.

Nice work, Hearst.

*Nobody won't come out and say it and it's only been on for barely three months, but KPIX's experiment at 10 PM, the dreadful, "Night Beat" is in trouble. My insiders at 855Battery tell me word is that already there's grumbling that the show needs a "major overhaul--maybe a re-tinkering." Yeah, TRENDING!, the grand experiment is an utter failure. No shit, Sherlock. GAME OFF!

*The rumors intensify: KTVU's Sports guru, Mark Ibanez will go over to Channel 7 in March when his contract is up. Ibanez won't talk about it but the uncertainty over at 2 combined with impending cuts may have a lot to do with it.

*What's on the horizon at KTVU and FOX, (about to commence an economic-cleansing ), is probably due to hit almost all the other players in the market. KGO is owned by Disney and the mouse company is said to be mulling cuts at its O and O's, ditto CBS at PIX and NBC/Universal at KNTV.

*Debra Villalon at KTVU: Vastly underrated. 33 years in the biz. Bay Area-bred. Damn good street reporter. I like her.

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You noticed too the nice tan and Puka shell necklace she wore? You beat me to mentioning her. Didn't she start out at ch7?...

LOL..Nancy Snyderman! Just as I said here..she's now above all the rest of us as she decided 21 days was too boring and ...went out for soup in NY!..get this- she was in the car as she sent the cameraman WHO ALSO WAS IN QUARANTINE!..to walk among eaters oblivious, and pick up the soup!..lol Snyderman's answer? "As a medical professional I know I show no symptoms"..Agh! So,I guess I was right!

We are told by the CDC that you can't get ebola from someone who isn't symptomatic. That's all well and good, but we all know that sensation when you just start feeling ill with a flu bug(for example). What if that initial sense of malaise occurs when you are out and about in the world?..as in Dr. Snyderman and her cameraman? The initial onset of symptoms can occur anywhere. At that point, one would be symptomatic and shedding virus.

I think there is a big story also now that browsers seem to never obey commands to "stop loading" or "Close" on many websites that have a slew of info gatherers like the infamous Ys Ting (something like that) that shows on every Google run website and places like the Huffington,the Mercury news..etc Its not like it used to be to surf. Only the small independent websites using old software still work fast..And speaking of the Mercury..terrible to navigate. And do they take things personal? I can't post on any sports columnists or beat writer...I mean,I can..but as soon as come back- even just to reload one second later- my comments are gone.And let me end with how clever Google is...their websites freeze for me on IE or Mozilla..but work fine on Chrome. ALL that is except for -strangely- the Google search engine. Works great on any browser. Cant be an accident to any of the above.Yes,I got in a few pet peeves on one post. Deal with it.

I agree Debra Villalon is the best. She is everywhere it seems every night. I hope she survives the FOX management. In fact if they cut out the people on the 10 O'clock news, I will no longer watch it.

Christine - I know you count Bernie as a good friend, and have been an ardent supporter through all of his trials and tribulations (not that you support what he did - but you support him and his family as they try to resume a normal life-style). Your relationship with him and his family is - truly - none of anyone else's business. BUT - since this is a media blog - I think I speak for others when I say that we really really do not want him back on the air. (And perhaps he has no intention of even trying to go back on the air). Anyway. Peace.

You should count yourself lucky that you've never had to work with Deb. Sometimes, I'm awakened at night by the screech of her voice in my head, then I realize it's just my broken radiator. And it's amazing when any of her reports actually do make it to air.

Once a year Radnich lives up to his own hype. Today was the day as he grilled Gabe Kapler about the stupidity of FOX and FOX sports "hiding" the baseball playoffs from fans by using multichannels..some many don't get on their system. It was soooo nice to hear Kapler squirm..and then sink to insulting Radnich's mom. Ass.MLB needs to get its head out of its ass..and go back to keeping the playoffs on two networks who have the stations to cover it. Radnich made a good point that FOX was more loyal to showing the Simpsons then MLB playoff games.